BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
703 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 702 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AREDALE…OR 23 MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY…AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
AREDALE…
DUMONT…
BRISTOW…
GREENE…
ALLISON…
CLARKSVILLE…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. SEEK SAFETY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. 4 MILES NORTH OF HANSELL IOWA REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL.